"What's the matter with you?" Widow asked as she pulled her black mask over her head, the thick, kevlar material shielding her face and hair from the pouring rain.

The two of them had been equipped by S.H.I.E.L.D with what Widow had described as 'Standard Issue Infiltration Gear' that included noise making devices, EMP grenades, comm jammers, night vision and thermal goggles as well as both of them receiving a codec to place in their ear.

Spider-Man put a hand to his head and sighed quietly.

"I dunno, headache I think" he answered "Feels like I've forgotten something and my brain's killing itself trying to remember what it was"

"Right, just make sure that it's not gonna cause us any problems while we're on the tanker" Widow said, looking over the edge and down into the water.

The two had been sitting there for just under twenty minutes, the location itself being the support beams underneath the bridge as to keep away from the cars that drove past on the bridge, even at this time of the night.

Sadly, the two of them hadn't picked an area that was protected from water and they'd both ended up drenched, but thanks to their insulated costumes they were both kept warm enough.

"Do we need to go over the plan again?" Widow asked, using a small camera to get a clear, zoomed look at the approaching oil tanker.

"No, I'm good" Spider-Man answered.

"Can you tell me what it was again?" Widow asked "Just to make sure we're on the same page here"

"We sneak into the lower levels of the ship, you taking the route to the Captain's quarters where they're storing all of the transport records of the other Gear units around the world as well as the names and signatures of those who signed for them, while I go down to the hangar in the bowels of the ship and confirm whether the Gear's near completion or not" Spider-Man explained.

"How are you gonna be able to tell?" Widow asked, turning to look at the shorter teenager.

"Trust me, I'll know" Spider-Man answered.

"Right, before you go I want you to do something for me" Widow said slowly, holding out her hand to the side.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Take my hand" she instructed.

"Why?" Spider-Man asked in an awkward tone.

"Just do it" she snapped.

He nodded and took hold of her hand, Widow slipping her fingers in between his and bowing her head, Peter doing the same.

"Now I don't expect you to say what I'm about to, but I want you to to copy what I do, alright?" she asked.

"Uhhh... alright" Spider-Man nodded, watching carefully as Widow began to mutter something in Russian before pressing two fingers to her forehead, then her wrist to her brow before moving her hand down and pressing it to her left breast, presumably symbolizing her heart.

Spider-Man copied the gesture as quickly as he could before she exhaled loudly and released his hand, looking down at the oncoming tanker without speaking.

"What was that about?" he asked with an intrigued tone.

"It's an old prayer that was taught to me by my master when I was younger, it's a Russian chant that translates to 'Keep my mind focussed, by aim true and my heart strong'. It's pretty much a way to calm yourself before a mission and kind of acts like a good luck charm for me, so I don't want your rookie-ness fucking me over this time" Widow explained.

"Alright... I'll try my best" Spider-Man nodded.

"Do, or do not, there is no try" Widow said sternly.

"Alright Yoda" he nodded, looking down at the tanker that was now directly below them "Let's get going"

"I'm on point, stay behind me and do exactly as I say" Widow ordered, wrapping her arm around Spider-Man's side and holding on tightly "Now, take us down"

"Right" he nodded, throwing the both of them off the edge of the bridge and dropping roughly fifty five metres before firing a web-line back up to the bridge and slowing their descent, their feet touching lightly on the deck of the ship before he released the web, the line launching upwards with a loud twang.

"Was that fun or-"

He was silenced when Widow clamped a hand to his mouth before dragging him down behind a large, on-deck oil barrel, jabbing her thumb backwards at the out-of-uniform soldier who was staring down at the deck with a flashlight aimed on where they had just been.

"Can that sense of yours scan areas to fin out how many there are?" Widow asked in a hushed tone.

"No... but I think I have something that can" Spider-Man nodded, slipping his phone out out his suit's sleeve and unlocking it.

"What are you doing?" Widow asked "This isn't the time to ask Siri for help"

"Not Siri" Spider-Man answered "Cassie? Can you hear me?"

"Yes Master Parker... why are we whispering?" Cassie asked in a hushed voice.

"Infiltration" Spider-Man answered "I need your help with something"

"Which is?" she asked in a calm manner.

"You can use the graphical interface on my phone and pretty much reprogram it to display any kind of image I want right?" Spider-Man asked.

"Aye, that is something I can do" she agreed "Do you need to me get a picture for you?"

"Kind of, can you use the wireless capabilities on my phone to send out a signal to detect radio frequencies present in the area I'm on and get me a live feed to a map of the ship depending on what floor I'm on?" Spider-Man requested.

There was a second of silence, a literal second before a green map appeared on Peter's phone with several small, glowing white blips on the screen with a line coming out of what he presumed to be the front of them.

"Done and done" Cassie said in a pleased manner "I even threw in a line of sight graphic for you so you don't have to peek out of cover to know where they're looking"

"Cassie, you are amazing" Spider-Man said with a hidden grin "I'm so happy I've got you here"

"Glad to be of service" she said before adding in a piece of trivia "Just to let you know Master Parker, I've detected several laser trip wires connected to a large network of alarms in this system, now my scans indicate they're connected to a server hosted in the captain's quarters and that they're wirelessly connected, meaning that if the server happens to crash then the tripwires won't be able to activate the alarms"

"And you're suggested a DDoS attack, right?" Peter asked "Does my phone have enough RAM to be constantly refreshing like that and still allowing you to function?"

"Don't worry Master Parker, I can allocate enough space on your phone's hardware and optimize performance even while running a dedicated task, such as a DDoS attack" Cassie assured him "What kind of basic bitch would I be if I couldn't do that?"

"I didn't know you could swear" Spider-Man said in an impressed manner.

"Do you want me to stop?" she asked.

"No, no, just don't overload the swears, it's very uncouth" Spider-Man chuckled "Can you stream the same image I'm seeing on my phone to one of Widow's devices?"

"Hm..." Cassie said in a thoughtful manner "She doesn't seem to have any devices on her besides her camera that has a screen, and without direct access to the device itself I can't alter it's GUI"

"That's gonna be a problem for her then if she can't see the enemy like I can" Spider-man said "What about her codec? I know you can't give visual feedback to her through that but can you give her audio updates?"

"Normally yes, but that would only be if I were connected to a secure network that she herself could connect to and even then with your phone's limited signal range and the vast size of the ship it would be nearly impossible for me to keep a strong signal between her devices and myself" Cassie explained "But, if you to hook me into a Wi-Fi network of some sort then I might be able to connect to both of you if you connect to that same network"

"Right... you said the data servers were in the Captain's quarters right Widow?" Spider-Man asked the other masked infiltrator.

"Yeah, that's where I need to go" she nodded "And I think you're saying that if the information hub of the boat is contained there then it might be reasonable to assume that the Wi-Fi router is connected there too?"

"Sorry to interrupt you two, but I'm afraid that it's not a router as such, not a wireless one at least otherwise I'd be able to access the network no problem, this ship's internet access seems to be controlled through dedicated ports and Ethernet cables" Cassie said in between a pause in their sentence.

"So... what?" Spider-Man asked "The ship's got it's own intranet?"

"I'm afraid so... and the maps I've brought up for this ship show that the only main access port for said intranet is located on... the bridge" Cassie said with a sigh.

"Which is going to be one of the most heavily guarded areas on the ship" Widow sighed, putting a hand to her face and growling "So we can't get access to the network here, meaning only one of us can take Cassie with us"

"Well... I know you may be more experienced of a stealth agent but I think you'd still better take her Widow" Spider-Man said, handing the phone to her "You can't sense these guys coming like I can and I don't have to stick to the floor, I can get up in vents and hide above these guys, so you'll be better off keeping hold of her"

"You're sure about this?" Widow asked.

"Positive, you'll need her more than I will" Spider-Man nodded "Oh and one other thing, don't try to access my Keepsafe Vault, it's very NSFW"

"I'll keep that in mind" Widow said, closing her hand around the phone and holding it down by her side "Alright, we split up now and get to work, then meet back here once we're done, okay?"

"Sounds like a plan" Spider-Man nodded.

"Right then... break!" she said, the two of them darting around the opposite sides of the large oil barrel and heading in different directions on the ship. Next Chapter: The Reaper Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 59 Minutes